tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post4258796701480554400..comments2016-12-09T05:16:20.988-06:00Comments on Dr. Wes: It's Time to Look Critically at Board CertificationDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-47982183007323524332012-01-09T12:22:07.766-06:002012-01-09T12:22:07.766-06:00Keep hammering away Wes. Maybe someone will liste...Keep hammering away Wes. Maybe someone will listen.<br /><br />What our societies should have done is say sure, we will all get recertified, but you pay for the loss of income, travel expenses and costs of the exam. See how many of the people pushing this concept would see this as a plausible option then if they had to actually pay for their unfunded mandate.<br /><br />What other profession Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26660421311729844092012-01-08T17:41:22.519-06:002012-01-08T17:41:22.519-06:00It is too bad that KevinMD gets the attention for ...It is too bad that KevinMD gets the attention for this post. KevinMD has long ago been placed on ignore for his hatred of specialists. He loathes specialists up until the point when the cardiologist takes an extra 10 minutes to return his phone call in the ER at 2am (and bail him out).<br />Also, why would he take any claim on this topic? Are ER docs/family practice certified in peds/ortho/GI Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-39372727267134173802012-01-08T12:00:00.041-06:002012-01-08T12:00:00.041-06:00On the topic of medical errors mentioned in the po...On the topic of medical errors mentioned in the post: I attended a lecture on this during my internal medicine rotation during which we were quoted all of these stats about how physicians are killing their patients. I was listening up to the point where he used appendectomies as an example. The physician lecturer quoted some number of appendectomies that were done &quot;in error.&quot; But I Pluripotenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16185555436961257160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52958282316712104252012-01-08T08:31:00.691-06:002012-01-08T08:31:00.691-06:00Why is it &quot;our&quot; organizations always evo...Why is it &quot;our&quot; organizations always evolve into self-perpetuating associations worried only about their own institutional survival? Just look at the mac-daddy of all betraying institutions, the AMA. Opencongress.com lists &quot;Physicians&quot; as supporters of obamacare because the AMA was, even though they represent less than 20% of us! Most of our specialty societies swear Tim Hulsey, MDnoreply@blogger.com